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Why do I get the feeling Tom Paris' unspecified crime might have been storming the Federation capital? (i.imgur.com)

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Paying royalties to a scriptwriter for writing a very minor character is dumb in this case. The same reason we have a Kira Nerys and not Ro Laren.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

A myth. The episode with Locarno was by staff writers, wouldn't have needed any extra fee to re-use the same character. Ro was already semi-regular character too, same deal.

I think Ron Moore, one of the staff writers for that season of TNG, mentioned this in a recent interview.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So then why get the same actor to play the identical role with a different name, instead of using a character that was planned?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 9 months ago

Per Memory Alpha,

In interviews the producers of Voyager have said they felt Locarno's actions in that episode made him "irredeemable". (TNG Season 5 DVD-special feature, Memorable Missions Year Five: "The First Duty")

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